2.5.22 release

NEWS

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libgphoto2 2.5.21.1 development
+libgphoto2 2.5.22 release
 
 ptp2:
 * Canon EOS M / PowerShot capture problem solved

RELEASE-HOWTO.md

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# How to prepare a release
+
+## sync translations from translationproject
+
+   In the toplevel directory (of which po/ is a subdirectory)
+
+   rsync -Lrtvz  translationproject.org::tp/latest/libgphoto2/  po
+   cd libgphoto2\_port
+   rsync -Lrtvz  translationproject.org::tp/latest/libgphoto2\_port/  po
+   cd ..
+
+   if gphoto2 is released too: 
+   rsync -Lrtvz  translationproject.org::tp/latest/gphoto2/  po
+
+## sync music-players.h from libmtp
+
+   (We ship this to give additional device support for distributions
+    that might update libmtp less often.)
+
+   Copy over, disable the GoPro entries.
+
+## test cameras
+
+   Run: make check
+
+   In the gphoto2 checkout I am running <code>perl tests/testcamera.pl</code> 
+   for several cameras that might have been affected by the current release.
+
+## update NEWS
+
+   git diff libgphoto2-2\_5\_21-release.. | less
+
+   summarize changes
+
+## tag release
+
+   bump version in configure.ac, NEWS
+
+   make clean
+   make
+   sudo make install
+
+## build relase
+
+   make distcheck

configure.ac

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 dnl NOTE: Be version style _higher_ than the last release.
 dnl       So lastversion.X.trunk for instance. Bump X if necessary.
 
-dnl ******* THE NEXT RELEASE VERSION MUST BE 2.5.22 at least or higher!
-AC_INIT([libgphoto2 photo camera library], [2.5.21.1], [[email protected]], [libgphoto2])
+dnl ******* THE NEXT RELEASE VERSION MUST BE 2.5.23 at least or higher!
+AC_INIT([libgphoto2 photo camera library], [2.5.22], [[email protected]], [libgphoto2])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([libgphoto2/gphoto2-version.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])